J.P. Martin Quotes

Our relationships live in the space between us which is sacred.

Controversy for the sake of controversy is sin. Controversy for the sake of truth is a divine command.

If I have an idea in my head, within no time it's into the computer, it may take more time to make it sound right, but that's the only issue.

The reality is that the people that we represent are no longer going to be second-class citizens in their own country.

Faith is the yes of the heart.

A man cannot do good before he is made good.

If you manipulate, coerce, and bully your children, you will have no power at all. If you lead with humility, gentleness, and by example, you will need no power at all.

I know that everything essential and great originated from the fact that the human being had a homeland and was rooted in tradition.

I know not the way God leads me, but well do I know my Guide.

Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love.

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.

I think of moving as a kind of saving grace.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

Everyone has in him something precious that is in no one else.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

It is always the right time to do the right thing.

Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. This is the interrelated structure of reality.

Without peace, there is little hope for human rights

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

No person has the right to rain on your dreams.

I'm very careful not to have ideas, because they're inaccurate.

If I wish to compose or write or pray or preach well, I must be angry. Then all the blood in my veins is stirred, and my understanding is sharpened.

One of the great liabilities of history is that all too many people fail to remain awake through great periods of social change.

You are pure potential.

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

Photography is the simplest thing in the world, but it is incredibly complicated to make it really work.

Freedom can be gained only at the point of an IRA rifle, and I apologize to no one for saying that we support the freedom fighters of the IRA.

Eclipse of the light of heaven, eclipse of God - such indeed is the character of the historic hour through which the world is now passing

A lie is like a snowball: the further you roll it the bigger it becomes.

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

Cerebration is the enemy of originality in art.

No evil can result from its [slavery's] inhibition more pernicious than its toleration.

Curing the negatives does not produce the positives.

Thankfully, perseverance is a good substitute for talent.

If you're a technical lead, you need to be coding.

Dreams can be any size you want them to be. But the important thing is that you have one that is yours.

When people say, 'I believe in Jesus', look them straight in the eye and ask, 'Which one?'

An experience that changes nothing is hardly worth having.

White means the strength of fragility and the fragility of the passage of time.

Do everything you need to do to keep the passion alive and never forget that it is a privilege to do what you love.

Every evening brings us nearer God.

What the spiritual journey is all about is uniting our will with God's will, wanting what He wants, loving what He loves, living a life that in all its aspects honors Him and gives Him glory.

With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and giving this a twist.

I like playing frisbee. It is the only sport where you can throw something at a person and it's okay.

Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

A parent being called to the school because their child had misbehaved was as serious as a parent being called to the police station because their child had robbed a bank.

That which takes us by surprise-moments of happiness-that is inspiration.

I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective -- the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.

The Christian church was born in song.